From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) id VAA05098; Wed, 29 Jan 2003 21:15:50 +0100 (MET) X-Authentication-Warning: pauillac.inria.fr: majordomo set sender to owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr using -f Received: from concorde.inria.fr (concorde.inria.fr [192.93.2.39]) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id VAA05564 for ; Wed, 29 Jan 2003 21:15:49 +0100 (MET) Received: from kraid.nerim.net (smtp-102.nerim.net [62.4.16.102]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id h0TKFnr20520 for ; Wed, 29 Jan 2003 21:15:49 +0100 (MET) Received: from hector.lesours (lesours.starynkevitch.net [80.65.224.217]) by kraid.nerim.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id C053040EF0 for ; Wed, 29 Jan 2003 21:15:47 +0100 (CET) Received: from basile by hector.lesours with local (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 18dyce-0001zY-00 for ; Wed, 29 Jan 2003 21:15:48 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Message-ID: <15928.13894.193615.945673@hector.lesours> In-Reply-To: <20030129140434.A1219@cilantro.cs.wisc.edu> References: <15928.12917.484208.539720@hector.lesours> <20030129140434.A1219@cilantro.cs.wisc.edu> X-Mailer: VM 7.07 under Emacs 21.2.2 From: Basile STARYNKEVITCH To: Will Benton Cc: caml-list@inria.fr Subject: Re: [Caml-list] question: "autoconfiguration" of Ocaml code (checking for libraries) Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 21:15:02 +0100 Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk >>>>> "Will" == Will Benton writes: Will> You should check out autoconf; you can use it to generate Will> Makefiles or even code. There is a free autoconf book Will> available somewhere on redhat.com [...] Thanks. I know about autoconf, but would like to avoid it. Apparently, the Ocaml team don't like it neither, since they don't use it in Ocaml. I was seeking for something simpler. I'm not very fond of m4 macros (even if I did hack several years ago such stuff). In my opinion, autoconf was suited for the problem of configuring C code for lots of Unix variants. This is not what I need (in particular Ocaml has a unique implementation). Maybe my perception of autoconf is wrong, but the mere fact that my Debian distribution (ok it is sid, a.k.a unstable) requires several versions of it makes me really feel uneasy. Regards. -- Basile STARYNKEVITCH http://starynkevitch.net/Basile/ email: basilestarynkevitchnet alias: basiletunesorg 8, rue de la Faïencerie, 92340 Bourg La Reine, France ------------------- To unsubscribe, mail caml-list-request@inria.fr Archives: http://caml.inria.fr Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs FAQ: http://caml.inria.fr/FAQ/ Beginner's list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocaml_beginners